Karen

Thank you for my virtual presence at the March. Here I sit for justice for all people. To name a few – LGBTQ, equal pay for equal work, women’s rights to choose their health options, affordable care, and inclusion of differently abled people. Thanks to you a great start! Here I am! A mixed race…

PrednisonePrincess

I am participating in this walk because I am a 46-year-old woman with NUMEROUS pre-existing conditions, such as having a heart transplant 25 years ago, a replaced tricuspid valve in that heart, and a chunk of my neck replaced.  I know what it is like to have to worry about health insurance coverage and about…

Emma Price

I’m joining the march because I want to stand with women, women’s rights matter, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ individuals, others who have disabilities, no individual is illegal, love is love, science is science and love/kindness is everything. Everyone deserves affordable and accessible health care. I want to stand with all of you fighting for the…

Emily A. Filmore

I’m joining because as a woman, mother, wife, human rights advocate, new age spirituality writer, and chronic disease patient (dermatomyositis, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, and others) I believe in the value and equality of all humans. I believe we deserve respect and representation, even when we can’t physically participate in on-site marches. In America, every administration…

JoAnn Markon

I’m frightened. We have a person in the White House that has made fun of persons with disabilities. We have a person who is not concerned with persons with problems he has not been aquatinted with. I am a disabled person, I have COPD and many surgeries due to a motorcycle accident. I’m in my…

Kayleigh Webster

I am joining the Disability March because I do not believe in the things that Donald Trump believes. I believe in the equality and worth of all people. I believe that any  description you can put to a person does not decrease their importance to the world, whether that label be gay, lesbian, bisexual, black, yellow,…

Monica Chavez

I am joining the march because I am a woman with mental and physical disabilities and also I am a woman who is indigenous and Mexican I believe we deserve respect as women and as people with disabilities we deserve the same rights as people without disabling illness and we have a voice that needs…

OrangeBlossom

I am a 68-year-old, married mother of a 29-year-old adopted son. My husband and I have been married nearly 44 years and are college graduates. My husband was a writer, while I was a software development manager for a large defense contractor, designing and developing combat weapon system software for the U.S. Navy and U.S….

Amanda K. Persch

I am joining the disability march online in solidarity with the Women Marching on Washington and across the country. I cannot attend myself because I have a rare neurological condition called Psuedotumor Cerebrei. I believe it is very important that people with disabilities are represented and have their voices heard as the new administration begins…